Emergency Management
About CVEMA
The Carbon Valley Emergency Management Agency (CVEMA) was established in late 2018 through an intergovernmental partnership between the Towns of Firestone and Frederick, the City of Dacono, and the Frederick-Firestone Fire Protection District. Emergency Management Director Merrie Garner joined the agency on April 1, 2019, to develop and lead the region's emergency management program.
Since its founding, CVEMA has built a comprehensive emergency management program supporting all phases of emergency management: prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. The agency maintains and coordinates the Carbon Valley Emergency Operations Center (EOC), ensuring local governments and response agencies have the resources, processes, and coordination needed to manage incidents from initial response through long-term community recovery.
Beyond emergency planning and coordination, CVEMA works year-round to strengthen community resilience through public education, preparedness training, business continuity planning, hazard and weather awareness, exercises, and partnerships with government agencies, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and community groups.
CVEMA Staff
Emergency Management Director Merrie Garner brings more than two decades of emergency management experience, including previous roles with Weld County and Boulder County. She specializes in emergency operations center management, disaster preparedness, recovery, and whole community emergency planning. Throughout her career, she has coordinated planning, response, and recovery efforts for floods, wildfires, severe winter storms, large public events, and complex emergencies. Merrie is committed to building collaborative partnerships that help the Carbon Valley prepare for, respond to, recover from, and become more resilient in the face of disasters.
View the CVEMA service map (PDF).Our Mission
CVEMA's mission is to empower everyone in the Carbon Valley communities to be as prepared and resilient as possible before, during, and after large-scale emergencies or disasters.
What we do BEFORE, DURING, and AFTER a disaster
- Evaluate Risk
- Write, review and update emergency plans
- Build relationships with all levels of government, the private sector (business and community organizations) and the public
- Facilitate coordination between agencies involved in disaster response and recovery
- Look for and document ways to reduce and eliminate the consequences of disasters
- Connect people to plans
- Help the community get ready for disasters (large and small) *
- Teach people about individual and family preparedness
- Build community resilience through continuity of operations planning (COOP)
* Request a preparedness or business continuity presentation below.
- Manage the Emergency Operations Center
- Manage information: Find and tell everyone what is happening
- Manage resources: Getting the right stuff to the right place at the right time
- Manage consequences: Find and solve problems
Facilitate Disaster Recovery for:
- People affected by disaster
- Infrastructure, like roads and buildings, that have been damaged or destroyed
- Help affected businesses to keep the local economy strong
- Support continuity of government
Check the Weld County Emergency Preparedness Guide to learn more about planning and hazards that we may experience here in the Carbon Valley
Emergency Preparedness GuideGuia Preparacion Para EmergenciasSign up to receive emergency alerts
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